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Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

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  1. a. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
  2. a. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.
  3. a. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.
  4. adj. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
  5. adj. excessively greedy and grasping
  6. adj. devouring or craving food in great quantities
  7. 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. " The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar." Motley. 2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence,; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. 3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [Thy Lord] redeem thee from Death's rapacious claim Milton . Syn. -- Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. -- Ra*pa"cious*ly, adv. -- Ra*pa"cious*ness, n.
  8. j:100 s. excessively greedy and grasping